---
name: "Margaretta Scott"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/margaretta-scott"
fi1m_id: "margaretta-scott"
imdb_id: "nm0779540"
tmdb_id: 33268
wikidata_id: "Q1281472"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "13 February 1912"
died: "15 April 2005"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T02:30:03.205047+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Margaretta Scott

## Identity

Margaretta Scott

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/margaretta-scott
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** margaretta-scott
- **IMDb ID:** nm0779540
- **TMDB ID:** 33268
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1281472
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaretta_Scott, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1281472, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0779540/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33268

Actor. Born 13 February 1912 in Westminster, London, England, UK. Died 15 April 2005.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 13 February 1912, Westminster, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 15 April 2005
- **Active:** 1936–1971
- **Also known as:** Margueretta Scott, マーガレッタ・スコット, Margaretta Mary Winifred Scott
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 65 (1), 1970s 83 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaretta_Scott, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1281472, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0779540/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33268

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Things to Come*](https://film.one/film/things-to-come-1936.md) (65)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Margaretta Scott was an English stage, film and television actress. Born Margaretta Mary Winifred Scott on 13 February 1912 in Westminster, London, she trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Her screen career began in the mid-1930s with an appearance in Things to Come (1936) as Roxana/Rowena.

She appeared in numerous films including Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937), Quiet Wedding (1941) and Fanny by Gaslight (1944). On television she played Mrs Pumphrey in All Creatures Great and Small (1978–1990) and roles in series such as Lovejoy (1993) and The Saint (1962). Her stage work spanned seven decades and included Shakespearean roles at the Old Vic and Bristol Old Vic.

Scott helped to found the actors' union Equity in 1934 and was its last surviving signatory. She was married to the composer John Wooldridge from 1948 until his death in 1958; their daughter Susan Wooldridge is an actress and their son Hugh Wooldridge is a theatre director. She died on 15 April 2005 in Marylebone, London.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, theguardian.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Upstairs, Downstairs* (1971), Fi1m 83, as Lady Castleton — [page](https://film.one/tv/upstairs-downstairs.md)
- *Things to Come* (1936), Fi1m 65, as Roxana / Rowena — [page](https://film.one/film/things-to-come-1936.md)

## Complete filmography (62)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Mrs. Weekley's Lover* (2025), as Baroness von Richthofen
- *Changing Step* (1990), as Countess of Ardarroch
- *The Woman He Loved* (1988), as Lady Wigram
- *The Play on One* (1988), series, as Countess of Ardarroch
- *A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery* (1987), series, as The Dowager Duchess of Denver
- *Paying Guests (Part 2)* (1986), as Countess Appledore
- *Paying Guests (Part 1)* (1986), as Countess Appledore
- *Lovejoy* (1986), series, as Mabel Horsham
- *Murder Rap* (1980), as Magistrate Ferris
- *Together* (1980), series, as Daphne Porter
- *Tales of the Unexpected* (1979), series, as Lady Birdwell
- *What Every Woman Knows* (1978), as The Comtesse
- *All Creatures Great and Small* (1978), series, as Mrs. Pumphrey
- *The Duchess of Duke Street* (1976), series, as Lady Blenkiron
- *Days of Hope* (1975), series, as Mrs. Pritchard
- *The Poisoning of Charles Bravo* (1975), series, as Mrs. Joseph Bravo
- *The Adventurer* (1972), series, as Lady Hargrom
- *Upstairs, Downstairs* (1971), series, as Lady Castleton — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/upstairs-downstairs.md)
- *Percy* (1971), as Rita's Mother
- *Elizabeth R* (1971), series, as Catherine de Medici
- *Play for Today* (1970), series, as Magistrate Terris
- *Crescendo* (1970), as Danielle Ryman
- *Who-Dun-It* (1969), series, as Lady Myra
- *Les Dossiers de l'Agence O* (1968), series, as Mme Pitchard
- *The World of Wodehouse* (1967), series, as Lady Lakenham
- *The Saint* (1962), series, as Lady Gwen Sangore
- *Richard the Lionheart* (1962), series, as Constance
- *Studio 4* (1962), series, as Lady Spencer
- *Studio 4* (1962), series, as Lady Spencer
- *Adventure Story* (1961), as The Queen Mother
- *The Cheaters* (1960), series, as Mrs. Osborne
- *Maigret* (1960), series, as Mme. Debul
- *Sunday-Night Play* (1960), series, as Olivia Geiss, actress
- *An Honourable Murder* (1960), as Claudia Caesar
- *A Woman Possessed* (1958), as Katharine
- *The Scamp* (1957), as Mrs. Marjorie Blundell
- *Town on Trial* (1957), as Helen Dixon
- *The Last Man to Hang* (1956), as Mrs. Cranshaw
- *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, as Laura Frost, Marquesa de Santa Roca, Queen Marya the Queen Mother
- *The Count of Monte Cristo* (1956), series, as Queen Maria Amelia
- *Where's Charley?* (1952), as Dona Lucia
- *Sunday Night Theatre* (1950), series, as Olivia Geiss, Catherine of Aragon, Emilia, Empress Elizabeth, Lady Marguerite Blakeney
- *Landfall* (1949), as Mrs Burnaby
- *The Story of Shirley Yorke* (1949), as Alison Gwynne
- *Counterblast* (1948), as Sister 'Johnnie' Johnson
- *Calling Paul Temple* (1948), as Mrs. Barbara Trevellyan
- *Idol of Paris* (1948), as Empress Euginie
- *The First Gentleman* (1948), as Lady Hartford
- *Mrs. Fitzherbert* (1947), as Lady Jersey
- *The Man from Morocco* (1945), as Manuela
- *Fanny by Gaslight* (1944), as Alicia
- *Sabotage at Sea* (1942), as Jane Dighton
- *Atlantic Ferry* (1941), as Susan Donaldson
- *Quiet Wedding* (1941), as Marcia
- *Girl in the News* (1940), as Judith Bentley
- *Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel* (1937), as Theresa Cobarrus
- *Action for Slander* (1937), as Josie Bradford
- *Things to Come* (1936), as Roxana / Rowena — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/things-to-come-1936.md)
- *Peg of Old Drury* (1935), as Kitty Clive
- *Dirty Work* (1934), as Leonora Stafford
- *The Private Life of Don Juan* (1934), as Pepilla
- *The Conquest of the Air* (1931), as Isobella d'Este (uncredited)

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